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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 1377 AAF Base Unit detailed UK, via Goose Bay, Lab.; on 3/9/44 with Joe Arwood, Co-pilot: Walt Johnson, Navigator: Bill Fowler, Bombardier: Clarry Counsell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Power, Radio Operator: Paul Curry, g-Jim Linn, g-Crespin Sanchez (8 Returned to Duty); g-Dave Costa, g-Leland Peebler (2KIA-unknown while they bailed out); p returned to Presque Isle; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 5/9/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/1/45 with C.H. Rose; force landed A-70 Laon A/fd, Fr; 8RTD; Radio Operator: J.R. Otte (wia); repaired & ret group; 72m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), GC, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3 OLC), PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ashe, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16126
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, GC.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16126
Awards: PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Military site : airfield
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:41:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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